The Timberwolves wouldn’t mind it if Ricky Rubio would start hitting more shots

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Aug 28, 2013

But here are three players that need to score more next season than Rubio does. New Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders believes that Ricky Rubio needs to be a bigger scoring threat in order to take the “next step in the evolutio… (more)n of the point guard position.” Among point guards who averaged over 15 minutes a game last season and appeared in at least 30 games, Rubio’s 44 percent mark at the rim ranked dead last in the league, per hoopdata. No longer can point guards walk the ball up the court in time to dump it inside before disappearing to the weak side to linger; modern defenses demand movement, and a point guard that can finish a play in a pinch.

3 Players Who Need To Score More Than Ricky Rubio Next Season

New Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders believes that Ricky Rubio needs to be a bigger scoring threat in order to take the “next step in the evolution of the point guard position.” At least, that’s what he told Fox Sports North…